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Issue: Tales to Astonish #81
Publication Date: July 1966
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Issues: #81 of 101 Issues (177 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/05/1966
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1966 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In16
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Original Artwork
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones; Betty Ross; Glenn Talbot; Boomerang [Fred Myers]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLos Vengadores #74 published October 1967
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Super-Heroes #36 published May 1973
as The Coming of the Man Called Boomerang! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Hulk #1 [1st Edition, 1st Printing] published February 1999
as Tales to Astonish #81 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner #1 published April 2002
as Tales to Astonish #81 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Incredible Hulk Omnibus #1 [Jack Kirby Cover] published January 2008
as Tales to Astonish #81 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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When a Monarch Goes Mad!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Lord Vashti; Lady Dorma; Krang (villain)
First Line: This is more than even a prince may endure!
Synopsis: Namor is driven mad by the betrayal of Lady Dorma. (She agreed to marry Krang last ish in order to protect the Sub-Mariner from the monstrous Behemoth.) Dorma and Krang turn their skin to flesh color and head to the surface world to hide out.
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In Content Item: FlagTerrific! #12 published July 1967
as When A Monarch Goes Mad! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLos Vengadores #74 published October 1967
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Super-Heroes #36 published May 1973
as When a Monarch Goes Mad [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner #1 published April 2002
as When a Monarch Goes Mad! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Continued from Tales of Suspense #80 and concludes in Tales of Suspense #82.
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Incredible, Indubitable, Interminable Items to Startle Your Sense and Soothe Your Soul!

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Fantastic Four [Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
First Line: It's hail and farewell to sturdy Steve Ditko!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Bulletins; The Mighty Marvel Checklist; Let's Meet 26 More M.M.M.S. Members! Also, included is a letter by Mike Murano.

A "Bulletin" notes that Steve Ditko's last work for Marvel will be with Amazing Spider-Man #38 and Strange Tales #146.
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The Stage Is Set!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]; General Thunderbolt Ross; Betty Ross; Rick Jones; Major Glenn Talbot; Boomerang [Fred Myers] (introduction); Secret Empire (introduction); Subterraneans; Tyrannus; Mole Man [Harvey Elder]
First Line: Observe, gentlemen!
Synopsis: The Secret Empire hires Boomerang to obtain the plans for the Orion missile and the new bad guy on the block heads for gamma base. As Rick, Betty and Glenn are returned to the surface from the underground subterranean kingdom, Boomerang captures Betty to use as a bargaining chip for the missile. Banner frantically makes his way through a pitched battle between the forces of the Mole Man and Tyrannus, trying to find a way to return to the surface and help his friends but it is only when he once again becomes the Hulk that he accidentally stumbles on the right machine that accomplishes the task.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSmash! #73 published June 1967
as The Stage Is Set! [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages ?
In Content Item: FlagLos Vengadores #74 published October 1967
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Super-Heroes #36 published May 1973
as The Stage Is Set [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDer unglaubliche Hulk #1 published January 1980
as Der Kampf geht weiter [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Hulk #1 [1st Edition, 1st Printing] published February 1999
as The Stage Is Set! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThe Incredible Hulk Omnibus #1 [Jack Kirby Cover] published January 2008
as The Stage Is Set! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]
First Line: Dear Stan, You are a genius and the Hulk is a great character, but - in one respect it...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Incredible Hulk Omnibus #1 [Jack Kirby Cover] published January 2008
as [untitled] [Letters Page on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from N. F. Tambasco, Joseph Dillon, Bob Simmons, and Steven Russell. Includes an image of the Hulk from an earlier issue, an illo of Sub-Mariner by Marie Severin and an M.M.M.S. membership order form.

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